COT reports: Short positions held by non-reporting traders in steel futures: STEEL-HRC - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly
This series is part of the dataset: Steel futures COT reports (CFTC)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. According to the Commitments of Traders (COT) reports published by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), short positions held by non-reporting traders in steel futures of the kind "STEEL-HRC - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC." were 196 contracts on 13 January 2026, compared to 145 on 6 January.
Sample. There are 572 records overall in the weekly time series displayed in the chart above. The time range covered by the series is from May 2012 to January 2026.
History. Here's a glimpse of some summary statistics we calculated on the whole sample: positions recorded their highest level of 1,759 contracts on 31 December 2018; they hit a trough of 0 on 29 October 2013; they were equal on average to 151.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2025-12-30 | 199.0 |
| 2026-01-06 | 145.0 |
| 2026-01-13 | 196.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short positions held by non-reporting traders in steel futures |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Stock |
| Data type | Quantity |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Deflation method | Not applicable |
| Rescaling | None |
| Measure type | Level |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Unit | Number of contracts |
| Source | Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) |
| Source type | Government agency |
| Data licence | Public domain information |
| Other information | Specific future: STEEL-HRC - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LW1 |
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